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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race, sex, and age Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1)
June
2019		 May
2020		 June
2020		 June
2019		 Feb.
2020		 Mar.
2020		 Apr.
2020		 May
2020		 June
2020

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population

 200,746 201,154 201,233 200,746 200,968 201,023 201,082 201,154 201,233

Civilian labor force

 127,131 122,552 124,744 126,319 127,146 126,021 121,242 122,661 124,009

Participation rate

 63.3 60.9 62.0 62.9 63.3 62.7 60.3 61.0 61.6

Employed

 122,708 107,761 112,020 122,199 123,189 121,042 104,065 107,499 111,538

Employment-population ratio

 61.1 53.6 55.7 60.9 61.3 60.2 51.8 53.4 55.4

Unemployed

 4,422 14,792 12,725 4,120 3,957 4,979 17,176 15,162 12,470

Unemployment rate

 3.5 12.1 10.2 3.3 3.1 4.0 14.2 12.4 10.1

Not in labor force

 73,615 78,602 76,488 74,427 73,821 75,002 79,840 78,493 77,224

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 66,203 64,294 64,888 65,942 66,153 65,522 63,645 64,125 64,688

Participation rate

 72.0 69.7 70.3 71.7 71.8 71.1 69.1 69.5 70.1

Employed

 64,343 57,633 59,214 64,015 64,204 63,120 55,776 57,263 58,898

Employment-population ratio

 70.0 62.5 64.2 69.6 69.7 68.5 60.5 62.1 63.8

Unemployed

 1,860 6,661 5,674 1,928 1,950 2,402 7,869 6,862 5,790

Unemployment rate

 2.8 10.4 8.7 2.9 2.9 3.7 12.4 10.7 9.0

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 55,430 54,129 54,800 55,758 56,247 55,878 53,634 54,294 55,147

Participation rate

 57.4 55.9 56.6 57.8 58.2 57.8 55.4 56.1 56.9

Employed

 53,586 47,194 48,957 54,054 54,692 53,878 45,563 47,195 49,440

Employment-population ratio

 55.5 48.8 50.6 56.0 56.6 55.7 47.1 48.8 51.1

Unemployed

 1,844 6,935 5,843 1,704 1,555 2,000 8,071 7,099 5,707

Unemployment rate

 3.3 12.8 10.7 3.1 2.8 3.6 15.0 13.1 10.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 5,498 4,129 5,056 4,619 4,746 4,621 3,963 4,242 4,174

Participation rate

 44.9 34.0 41.6 37.7 39.0 38.0 32.6 34.9 34.4

Employed

 4,780 2,934 3,848 4,131 4,294 4,043 2,727 3,041 3,201

Employment-population ratio

 39.0 24.1 31.7 33.7 35.2 33.2 22.4 25.0 26.4

Unemployed

 718 1,196 1,208 489 452 578 1,236 1,202 973

Unemployment rate

 13.1 29.0 23.9 10.6 9.5 12.5 31.2 28.3 23.3

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

 33,014 33,294 33,323 33,014 33,211 33,238 33,267 33,294 33,323

Civilian labor force

 20,581 19,815 20,134 20,439 20,946 20,596 19,487 19,858 20,010

Participation rate

 62.3 59.5 60.4 61.9 63.1 62.0 58.6 59.6 60.0

Employed

 19,319 16,530 17,019 19,216 19,730 19,208 16,240 16,523 16,927

Employment-population ratio

 58.5 49.6 51.1 58.2 59.4 57.8 48.8 49.6 50.8

Unemployed

 1,262 3,285 3,115 1,223 1,216 1,387 3,247 3,334 3,083

Unemployment rate

 6.1 16.6 15.5 6.0 5.8 6.7 16.7 16.8 15.4

Not in labor force

 12,432 13,479 13,189 12,575 12,266 12,642 13,780 13,436 13,313

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 9,378 8,979 9,204 9,302 9,499 9,477 8,880 8,970 9,161

Participation rate

 67.6 64.0 65.5 67.1 68.0 67.7 63.4 63.9 65.2

Employed

 8,878 7,606 7,752 8,773 8,945 8,812 7,448 7,583 7,670

Employment-population ratio

 64.0 54.2 55.2 63.3 64.0 63.0 53.2 54.1 54.6

Unemployed

 500 1,373 1,453 528 554 665 1,432 1,388 1,492

Unemployment rate

 5.3 15.3 15.8 5.7 5.8 7.0 16.1 15.5 16.3

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 10,359 10,065 10,082 10,404 10,721 10,374 9,995 10,097 10,113

Participation rate

 62.1 59.7 59.8 62.4 63.8 61.7 59.4 59.9 60.0

Employed

 9,813 8,439 8,661 9,858 10,207 9,830 8,351 8,426 8,693

Employment-population ratio

 58.8 50.1 51.4 59.1 60.8 58.5 49.6 50.0 51.6

Unemployed

 546 1,627 1,422 546 514 543 1,644 1,671 1,420

Unemployment rate

 5.3 16.2 14.1 5.2 4.8 5.2 16.4 16.5 14.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 844 771 848 733 725 745 612 791 735

Participation rate

 34.3 31.8 35.1 29.8 29.8 30.7 25.2 32.7 30.4

Employed

 628 485 607 585 578 566 441 515 564

Employment-population ratio

 25.5 20.0 25.1 23.7 23.7 23.3 18.2 21.3 23.3

Unemployed

 216 285 241 149 148 180 171 276 171

Unemployment rate

 25.6 37.0 28.4 20.3 20.4 24.1 28.0 34.9 23.2

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

 16,557 16,385 16,471 16,557 16,421 16,419 16,363 16,385 16,471

Civilian labor force

 10,600 9,932 10,202 10,528 10,574 10,470 9,938 9,968 10,108

Participation rate

 64.0 60.6 61.9 63.6 64.4 63.8 60.7 60.8 61.4

Employed

 10,361 8,462 8,786 10,302 10,312 10,037 8,499 8,475 8,717

Employment-population ratio

 62.6 51.6 53.3 62.2 62.8 61.1 51.9 51.7 52.9

Unemployed

 239 1,470 1,416 225 262 433 1,438 1,493 1,392

Unemployment rate

 2.3 14.8 13.9 2.1 2.5 4.1 14.5 15.0 13.8

Not in labor force

 5,958 6,453 6,269 6,030 5,848 5,948 6,425 6,417 6,362

Footnotes
(1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: July 02, 2020